Here is one possibility. “The world’s oldest leather shoe — 400 years older than Stonehenge and 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza — has been found perfectly preserved in a cave in Armenia. The 5,500-year-old shoe was discovered by a team of international archaeologists, who reported details of their finding on June 9. The shoe is made of a single piece of cowhide leather, with intricate laces, and was shaped to fit the wearer’s right foot.” Read more here http://www.rferl.org/content/Sole_Survivor_Worlds_Oldest_Leather_Shoe_Found_In_Armenian_Cave/2067829.html